“The Toronto-born entrepreneur played a key role in cementing the country’s artistic identity, efforts that led many to consider him the godfather of Canada’s music industry.”
Tag: 09.25.12
Bond Guru Offers Huge Reward For Return Of Stolen Art
“Jeffrey Gundlach, one of the world’s top bond gurus, has offered a $1.7-million bounty for the safe return of a cherished collection stolen from his Santa Monica home last week. The $10-million haul included some of the biggest names in contemporary art: Piet Mondrian, Jasper Johns and Richard Diebenkorn.”
Academic Revolution – “Hackademic” Publishing
“John Mair and Richard Keeble have pioneered a new form of academic publishing by commissioning, editing and publishing topical books about the media. From start to finish, they are often turned around in just three months.”
Are Book Bloggers Harming Literature?
“The chair of this year’s Man Booker prize judges has warned that blogging is drowning out serious criticism, to the detriment of literature.”
We’re Getting Measurably Smarter (By The Numbers)
The astonishing upward trend in IQ levels is known as the “Flynn effect,” named after American political scientist James Flynn, who is now in his late seventies and lives in New Zealand.
What Will Become Of London’s Olympic Art?
“The fate of two enormous works created by Damien Hirst and Marc Quinn for the recent London Olympics and Paralympics Games is uncertain, with key trade figures questioning whether the large-scale pieces will ever find a home.”
What The Warhol Foundation’s Sale Tells Us About Foundations
“Always the most visible member in this small but fast-growing community, the Warhol Foundation has just demonstrated that artist-endowed foundations are not all alike and that it is, as always, among the most distinctive.”
New JK Rowling Book Tops One Million Pre-Orders
“It’s one of the biggest releases of the 21st century. I think 99.9 percent of us (in the industry) are predicting it will go straight to number one.”
Poor Columbus – A Monumental Problem
“As power changes and the memorialized fall out of favor, the forces of history have destroyed monuments almost as fast as they go up.”
Strange Drama Behind Broadway’s Rebecca: Did The Mysterious Lead Investor Actually Exist?
“Start with a rich investor unknown to clubby Broadway insiders – a mystery man named Paul Abrams. Go on to the astounding sum he is said to have promised to raise for Rebecca: $4.5 million … Then: Reports in August of his sudden death in Britain of malaria – yet no obituaries, no death notices. A representative for the Abrams estate surfaces … who refuses to speak by phone and uses an e-mail address created just last month.”